Grid Display Options in Professional

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Grid Display Options in Professional

Example - Changing Appearance of Tables

 

To access Professional Options and modify the appearance of headers and the grid (used for tables, views, and many reports), select the Options PRO_Settings-32 icon in the Grid View Toolbar to open the Options settings window.

 

PRO_Grid-Options-Example

Column Headers – Formatting of columns with specific requirements

Row Appearance – Formatting for each row level of the grid, separated by even and odd rows. Each level refers to further nesting (e.g., of child tables opened within a parent table). Odd row shading for Levels 1, 2, and 3 is shown in the Figure above.

 

PRO_Grid_Options-Dialog

 

Pertinent options within the above menus are described below:

AlphaLevel – Determines the opacity of elements (default = 0)

BackColor... – Options for cell backgrounds, including adding a gradient by using both BackColor and BackColor2

Border... – Options for shading the borders of cells

Cursor – Options for the cursor from a predetermined list

FontData – Options for the text

oBold, Italic, Strikeout – Text formatting options

oName – Specific font type (e.g., Arial, Times New Roman). Note that this field is not nullable once created. It can be cleared by:

i.deleting the corresponding settings.xml file in the %appdata%\EarthSoft folder (warning: removes all of the customizations for that item) or

ii.within the corresponding XML file, deleting the Name row, which will appear as something like:
       <Name id="ref-6">Arial</Name>
       SizeInPoints: font size

ForeColor – Font color

ForeColorDisabled – Font color for disabled elements

ForegroundAlpha – Opacity level of text

Image – Options for using images within the grid

TextHAlign, TextVAlign – Horizontal and vertical alignment of text, respectively

TextTrimming – Specifies how text will be rendered when not enough room exists to display the entire string

 

Along with using the presupplied Custom, Web, and System options, a color can be typed into a Color line (such as BorderColor2 or ForeColor) as R,G,B (e.g., 255,255,255 for White).

 

Read here for details about how to access EDP display options.

 

 

Example - Changing Appearance of Tables

 

To change the appearance of Key (required) columns in a table (red by default):

1.Click Data Tables PRO_Tables-16 (located in the Open group of the Home tab).

2.Select DT_FACILITY and click Open.

3.Click Options PRO_Settings-32.

4.Expand Appearances and Column Headers.

5.Click Key Column.

6.Scroll down, click ForeColor and change to Dark Green.

7.Click OK.

8.The Key column headers are now dark green.